ገነት

Amharic

Etymology

From Aramaic גִינְּתָא (ginnəṯā) / ܓܰܢܬܳܐ (gannəṯā), also via Ge'ez ገነት (gännät). Doublet of ጀነት (ǧännät) that came from the same source via Arabic.

Noun

ገነት • (gännät) (plural also ገነታት (gännätat))

  1. garden, park, or any luxuriant stead
  2. Paradise

References

  • d’Abbadie, Antoine (1881) “ገነት”, in Dictionnaire de la langue amariñña (Actes de la Societé Philologique; 10) (in French), Paris: F. Vieweg, column 857
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 2005a–b

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Aramaic גִינְּתָא (ginnəṯā) / ܓܰܢܬܳܐ (gannəṯā).

Noun

ገነት • (gännät) f (plural ገነታት (gännätat))

  1. garden, park, or any luxuriant stead
  2. Paradise

References

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Aramaic גִינְּתָא (ginnəṯā) / ܓܰܢܬܳܐ (gannəṯā). Doublet of ጀነት (ǧännät) that came from the same source via Arabic.

Noun

ገነት • (gännät)

  1. Paradise
  2. or any luxuriant stead

References

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